Estimation of knowledge, attitude and practices towards measles and its risk factors among pharmacy students
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Measles, Risk Factors, Pharmacy StudentsAbstract
The aim of this study is to estimate the knowledge and understanding the students have towards measles, and their attitude and practice towards the disease with respect to their knowledge. The study was carried out among the Pharmacy students in Vels University, Pallavaram, Chennai. It is a Cross-Sectional Study Design, with a Sample Size of 206. The duration period of the study was for 6 Months. The data was collected by using questionnaires as the study instrument. It is a self-administered, 28 itemed questionnaires comprising of three sections use for data collection. Respondents are asked to answer in multiple choice formats. The student’s characteristics and responds were expressed in percentage and frequencies. The 206 participants gave their opinionated responds to the questions provided and showed that the students have an accurate knowledge about measles and its risk factors and have different attitude and practice towards measles. About 99.51% of the students responded to the questions provided and distributed to them through Google Form. The result of the study has showed that students have high perspective, positive attitude and good practice towards measles.
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